From: Loyd <loydlin@aol.com>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2001091008:34:25
Subject: Re: Long division

I have two examples of long division at the following web sites.

http://members.aol.com/loydlin3/Ldivide.jpg
http://members.aol.com/loydlin3/ldivide4.jpg


I usually first approach division with something like this"

17 divided by 5:  ***** ***** ***** **  By grouping into fives, it is
easy to see that the answer is 3 and remainder 2.  Some people use
beans and paper plates to demonstrate this.

Then, you should realize that division is just repeated subtraction. 
Thus How many times can we subtract 5 from 17?

17
-5
----   
12     (1 subtraction) 
-5     
----
 7     (two subtractions)
-5
---    (3 subtractions)
 2   Remainder is two

The answer is 3 with a remainder of 2.  

Hope this helps.  Keep up the good work.  Tutoring is one of the best
ways to understand math.

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